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Publication Date: March 9, 2026 - 12:06
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How polar geopolitics are creeping into the Arctic Winter Games
March 9, 2026
Athletes might be the stars of the show, but the Arctic Winter Games can't escape politics. The games kicked off on Sunday with the flyover of a CF-18 fighter jet at the opening ceremony in Whitehorse. Military aircraft flying over sporting events is nothing new in much of the world, of course, but in the Canadian North, it's practically unheard of.
A Quebec judge says Canada cannot have a separate judicial system for immigrants who come into conflict with the law amid a national debate over the role immigration status plays in sentencing.
Provincial court Judge Dennis Galiatsatos made the observation in the case of a married immigrant in Montreal who harassed his former girlfriend for six months. The man wanted her as a second wife, which he considered acceptable under Sharia Law.
“Immigration consequences cannot take a sentence out of the appropriate range or justify what would otherwise be an unfit sentence,” said...
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